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German GP final practice and qualifying

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By: Geoff Creighton

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17:28 Full report from a dramatic qualifying session in Germany. Join us again tomorrow for live coverage of the race. Can Vettel triumph at home? Can Hamilton recover from a lowly start? See you then to find out.

German Grand Prix qualifying: Vettel on pole, Hamilton's car fails in Q1

Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the German Grand Prix, while Formula 1 title rival Lewis Hamilton was only 15th after stopping with a gearbox problem in Q1

German Grand Prix qualifying: Vettel on pole, Hamilton's car fails in Q1

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17:16 Magnussen describes his Haas as "awesome" after qualifying over three tenths clear of Grosjean in fifth.

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17:16 Raikkonen pays the price for being too cautious on his second run after a "not ideal" oversteer moment in his first Q3 run. Similar story to the last race at Silverstone where pole slipped through his hands.

17:14 Bottas says it was "a good lap" and that there wasn't two tenths left on the table to carry the fight to Vettel for pole.

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17:13 A massive opportunity for Vettel here - starting from pole at home with his main title rival not even inside the top 10 on the grid.

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But he's better off than this man, who dropped out after a hydraulic problem struck his Mercedes in Q1

But he's better off than this man, who dropped out after a hydraulic problem struck his Mercedes in Q1

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Raikkonen misses out on pole again after a scruffy end to his final Q3 run.

Raikkonen misses out on pole again after a scruffy end to his final Q3 run.

17:11 Q3 positions: 1 Vettel, 2 Bottas, 3 Raikkonen, 4 Verstappen, 5 Magnussen, 6 Grosjean, 7 Hulkenberg, 8 Sainz, 9 Leclerc, 10 Perez.

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17:10 Leclerc and Perez both post 1m12.7s, with the Sauber just ahead, taking ninth.

17:10 Hulkenberg is seventh, with Sainz up to eighth.

17:10 Verstappen improves, staying fourth, and Magnussen gets ahead of Grosjean to take fifth.

17:09 Vettel takes pole back on home soil!

17:09 Vettel is on course for pole, currently in the final sector...

17:09 Bottas goes fastest! What can Vettel do?

17:09 Raikkonen was 0.008s slower than Vettel!

17:09 Raikkonen crosses the line and he gets ahead of Bottas to take second.

17:09 That's it. The end of Q3 at Hockenheim.

17:08 But Vettel then beats his own best through the first sector...

17:08 Bottas matches Vettel's first sector time exactly!

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17:06 Two minutes left in Q3, and the cars head back out of the pits for the final runs.

17:06 "I need to do strange things" says Leclerc when asked about the brakes. Sauber says "we will fix it for the race". Whatever 'it' is...

17:04 Leclerc and Sainz were on used tyres for those runs, so they should have more up their sleeves for the end of Q3.

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17:04 Replays show Raikkonen having to catch an oversteer as he entered the stadium through that high-speed right-hander. More time on the table for the Finn considering that.

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17:03 Q3 first runs: 1 Vettel, 2 Bottas, 3 Raikkonen, 4 Verstappen, 5 Grosjean, 6 Hulkenberg, 7 Magnussen, 8 Leclerc, 9 Sainz. No time: Perez.

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17:03 "A bit of oversteer entry to mid [corner]" Verstappen reports as Red Bull asks for feedback on that first Q3 run.

17:02 Hulkenberg gets a Renault back onto the third row, taking sixth, and Leclerc puts his Sauber eighth.

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